Relaunching PDG Español: Custom Content For Spanish-Speaking Coffee Professionals
When we launched PDG Español in 2016, we did so to support coffee producers in Spanish-speaking countries. We saw the need for free and accessible...
Tag: coffee supply chain
Addressing Colonial Inequalities In The Coffee Sector
Coffee has come a long way since it was shipped around the world by European colonial powers centuries ago. However, while these colonial empires are...
Shared Roasting Spaces: What Are They & Why Are They Used?
Today, it’s not uncommon to see café owners, baristas, consumers, or even producers taking an interest in roasting their own coffee. And while for some...
Supporting Baristas Through Covid-19: Cafés, Customers & Companies
Covid-19 has affected everyone across the coffee supply chain, from producers through to baristas. More than 90% of cafés around the world have had to...
Collaboration In The Coffee Supply Chain In Latin America
We all know that 2020 has been an eventful year for the coffee industry. Logistical issues and widespread café closures – as a result of...
How To Prevent Coffee Varieties From Being Misidentified
Every day, producers, traders, roasters, and consumers seek out different coffee varieties. Each variety has its own unique cup profile, among a number of other...
How Does Technical Assistance Affect Coffee Producers?
Climate change and economic instability are major concerns for the coffee supply chain. However, technical assistance could help address this. Agricultural development research has shown...
Free job listings on PDG Jobs platform
We’re delighted to announce that today marks the official launch of the Perfect Daily Grind (PDG) job listings board, PDG Jobs. PDG was founded in...
Producer Perspectives on Farmgate Prices & Technology
Increased coffee supply chain transparency could help farmers secure better coffee prices. However, few transparency efforts extend back to this group, which means that once...
Why Food Security Is a Coffee Industry Issue
Producers are amongst the most vulnerable members of the coffee supply chain. Many are already contending against inconsistent and insufficient incomes, which is why in...
Will COVID-19 Mobilize Producers to Roast Their Own Coffee?
2020’s COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the international coffee production industry, bringing about challenges ranging from dwindling consumer consumption (due to lockdowns closing coffee shops) to...
COVID-19 & The Coffee Trade: Exploring The Short- & Long-Term Impact
Containers, cash flow, and congestion: COVID-19 is causing unprecedented chaos in the coffee industry. Lee este artículo en español COVID-19 & The Coffee Trade: Exploring...
COVID-19: What Coffee Farmers Want You to Know
It’s only been a few months since COVID-19 was first officially identified. Since then it’s rapidly spread around the world, changing the way that millions...
Closing The Knowledge Gap Between Specialty Café & Farm
Your café offers customers coffee that you’ve carefully selected from various origins. Whether you roast it yourself or source it from a roaster, you’ve chosen...
How Roasters & Producers Can Improve Green Bean Sampling
As a green coffee buyer, you’ll know that samples allow you to discover the qualities of a certain coffee batch, so you can assess whether...
Blockchain & Coffee: Separating The Marketing From The Reality
Blockchain. Bitcoin. Supply chains. These are some of the many buzzwords passing across people’s lips, often interspersed with the adjectives “revolutionary” and “game-changing”. Frankly, it...